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About Rev. Dr. David Bissett

I pastor a church in upstate NY. I'm happily married and the father of seven kids. It's fun, really! Leave me some feedback...

Questions to check for a converted heart

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Are you a nominal Christian? How can you tell? Trevin Wax has shared a very helpful list of questions gleaned from his reading of Jonathan Edwards (the new compact series from Moody Press called The Essential Edwards Collection by Owen Strachan and Doug Sweeney, specifically the volume on True Christianity.

[note on these books: they are well edited, small paperbacks, designed to introduce a whole new generation to America’s greatest theologian. They are highly recommended. pdb]

There, says Trevin, “the authors gather a series of questions to help us discern the true state of our hearts and expose the reality of nominalism.” The big questions (below) are all followed by a sub-list of 5 or 6 questions.

Do you love God?

Do you love the Bible?

Do you love living out and sharing the gospel?

Do you love Christians?

Do you enjoy church and draw nourishment from it?

Does the matter of eternity concern you?

Does the Bible shape your ethics and morals?

The whole thing is here.

What does God expect of me?

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On his new blog, my friend and prayer partner Pastor Ken McHeard asks “What does God really expect of me?” Please click and visit A DEEPER LOOK blog. This is the start of his answer…

Have you thought about that recently? I have. The prophet Micah during his third message in his book answers the question ‘what does God expect of me?’ when he writes:

“He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” (NIV) Micah 6:8

It is interesting that God didn’t merely say “be merciful” here. He said love mercy. Loving mercy is to be a pattern of life. It is not something one is to do episodically but habitually.
(read the rest here).